lino
Americannoun
plural
linosnoun
Etymology
Origin of lino
By shortening
Example Sentences
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Pia splits her week between her part-time beauty therapy job, caring for her grandchildren, and collecting and redistributing large quantities of carpet and lino.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024
Research by The Leeds Sustainability Institute states that carpets can reduce air leakage by up to a third in some homes, making homes without carpet, lino, or laminate more expensive and difficult to heat.
From BBC • May 15, 2023
In the lino cut process, material removal from the plate paradoxically adds to the visual image when it is printed.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2022
I’m doing a lot of printmaking, I’m doing lino block cuts, I’m doing some mono prints.
From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2020
Briony’s view past the open front door was of a stretch of floral lino, and the first seven or eight stairs which were covered in deep red carpet.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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